Up & Coming Weekly

January 04, 2011

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WHAT’SUP AND UP AND WEDNESDAY 5 parking lot behind the AIT building and old Prince Charles Hotel on Maiden Lane. www.thefayetteville- farmersmarket.com. Fayetteville Farmers Market. 3 to 7 p.m. in the Festival Park overfl ow 6 THURSDAY The World is Our Drop Zone: The His- tory of the U.S. Army Parachute Riggers at ASOM through April 2011. 643- 2774 or www. asomf.org for more info. Visit the new Fayetteville Area Transportation Museum Annex at 302 Russell St. 800-255-8217. 7 FRIDAY Call 223-2787 for gallery hours. COMING SUNDAY COMING SATURDAY Holiday Art Exhibition at the Fayetteville Area Guild through Jan. 22. MU Friends of Music Guest Artist Series presents Gabriele Leporatti at Hensdale Chapel, 7:30 p.m. Visit www.methodist.edu/music/index. htm for more info. Stars and Constellations at Lake Rim Park. All ages welcome. Bring your telescope and binoculars. 6-8 p.m. Free. 424-6134 for more info. 8 tickets prices. Monster Truck Thunder Slam at the Crown. 7:30 p.m. Call 438-4100 for Grinding of the Greens at the Cape Fear Botanical Garden. Have your used, live Christmas tree at the garden by 8 a.m. Visit www.capefearbg.org or www.faypwc.com for more info. Intro to Bonsai with R.B. Goforth at Cape Fear Botanical Garden. 12-2 p.m. Registration required. $25 non- members, $20 members. 486-0221. 12 parking lot behind the AIT build- ing and old Prince Charles Hotel on Maiden Lane. www.thefayetteville- farmersmarket.com. The World is Our Drop Zone: The History of the U.S. Army Parachute Riggers at ASOM through April Fayetteville Farmers Market. 3 to 7 p.m. in the Festival Park overfl ow 13 Visit the new Fayette- ville Area Transporta- tion Museum Annex at 302 Russell St. 800-255-8217. 2011. 643-2774 or www.asomf.org for more info. Jan. 8 Child Advocacy Center offers training with Darkness to Light program. 9 a.m. at the Child Advocacy Center. 486-9700 for more info. Jan. 11 Meeting of the Golden LEAF Foundation and Cumberland County 4:00 p.m. at the Tony Rand Student Center, Multipurpose Room, Section 2 at Fayetteville Technical Community College. The purpose of the forum is to discuss the Golden LEAF Foundation’s Jan. 6 FRG Essentials at the FRG Center. 9 a.m. - 12 p.m. This class will serve as an introduction into the Family Readiness Group (FRG). Free limited childcare is available with advanced registration. Regis- tration is required. To register, visit www.fortbraggmwr.com/classreg. php or call 432-3742. 12 UCW JANUARY 5-11, 2011 The Man in the Moon at Lake Rim Park. Binoculars and telescopes will be used to observe the moon. Learn about its origin, history and leg- ends. Free. Reg- istration required. 6:30-7:30 p.m. BULLETIN BOARD Community Assistance Initiative. The Community Assistance Initia- tive is a grantsmaking process targeting economically distressed counties across North Carolina and is currently being launched in Cumberland County. The agenda will include a description of the Initiative with time for questions and answers. Contact Pat Cabe by e-mail at pcabe@goldenleaf.org or by calling 888-684-8404 for more info. Jan. 8 Fort Bragg will host an E-Waste Recycling Drive on Saturday, January 8, 2011 from 11 AM to 3 PM at the North Main Exchange and the South Main Exchange parking lots. For more information about the E-Waste Recycling Drive or recycling your used cooking oil, contact Pollution Cape Fear Toastmasters meets every Tues. at 6:30 p.m. at N.C. State Veterans Nursing Home. 214 Cochran Ave. 868-9533. The Adult Literacy Program of Fayetteville Urban Ministries needs compassionate tutors to help others improve their reading. Tutor training, from 6-9 p.m. starts Jan. 18. 483-5944 for more info. Call for art at the library. E3 — Expression, Enlightenment, Exploration call for art. E3 is open FORT BRAGG/POPE A.F.B. Prevention Specialist Eric Torres at 432-8450. Through the month of December, on Sunday, offi cial school holidays and teacher work days, kids age 6-16 play free with a paying adult at Stryker and Ryder Golf Courses. 396-3980. The Rec-Plex on Pope Army Airfi eld is one of the best kept secrets within Family and MWR. With framing, engraving, wood crafts, and classes, there is defi nitely something for everyone. Classes are offered in woodwork- ing, basic framing, wizard mat cutting and metal clay. The Frame and Design Arts and the Wood Craft Shop are located inside the Rec-Plex at 794 Armistead Street on Pope Army Airfi eld. Please call 394-4129 for more information. The Recycling Center on Fort Bragg accepts electronic waste, used cooking oil and other recyclables at the facility behind WWW.UPANDCOMINGWEEKLY.COM to students in grades 1-12. A sepa- rate coloring contest is open for preschoolers through kindergarten. Submissions taken until March 19. For more info visit www.cumber- land.lib.nc.us. The Women’s Giving Circle of Fayetteville is accepting grant re- quests for new or existing projects that focus on helping homeless women and children transition from a temporary to a permanent living situation. Submission deadline is Jan. 7. 483-4449 or www.cumber- landcf.org. Support group for victims of sexual violence. The group meets every Monday at 12 p.m. Please call Rape Crisis Volunteers of Cumber- land County for more information at 485-7273. Adult females only. Retired Military Assoc. & Ladies Aux. meet the second Friday of each month at 6 p.m. 486-9398. The Cumberland County Workforce 14 Fayetteville FireAntz at the Crown. 7:30 p.m. 321-0123 for tickets and more info. 15 2986 for gallery hours. Fayetteville FireAntz at the Crown. 7:30 p.m. 321-0123 for tickets and more info. Cape Fear Studios Member’s Holiday Show through Jan. 26. Call 433- Super Science Saturday at Fasci- nate-U. 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. 829-9171 for more info. 9 Heroes of the Surf at Museum of the Cape Fear. www.museu- mofthecapefear. ncdcr.gov/ for more info. Free. 643-2774 or www.asomf.org for more info. The World is Our Drop Zone: The History of the U.S. Army Parachute Riggers at ASOM through April 2011. 16 Riggers at ASOM through April 2011. 643-2774 or www.asomf. org for more info. The World is Our Drop Zone: The History of the U.S. Army Parachute 20 Years After the Storm: The Persian Gulf War Remembered at the Museum of the Cape Fear. 2-4 p.m. Free. 486-1330 for more info.

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